Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1912 — NEXT CONGRESS IS DEMOCRATIC [ARTICLE]

NEXT CONGRESS IS DEMOCRATIC

Wilson Will Have 283 Party Men Back of Him. J SENATE IS STILL IN DOUBT Returns Indicate Dixon Will Be Defeated in Montana —Democratic Gains Mostly Made East of Mississippi. 1 ' Washington, Nov. 6. —Reports indicate that President-Elect Woodrow Wilson will have a Democratic congress with Which to inaugurate his policies. From incomplete returns the next house of representatives will be composed of 283 Democrats, 138 Republicans and thirteen Progressives. Senate Will Be Close. The senate will be close and is In doubt. The present membership is made up of fifty Republicans, fortythree Democrats and three vacancies, Illinois, Idaho and Colorado. The indications are that the Democrats will have fifty-one senators and the Republicans and Progressives for-ty-five. Colorado appears to have elected a complete Democratic legislature, which will elect two United States senators. Massachusetts apparently has elected a Democratic legislature, which will choose a successor to Senator Murray Srane. In Delaware the legislature is in doubt; in Nebraska early returns indicate a Democratic landslide and this may cause the election of a Democratic senator from that state. Dixon May Lose Seat. In New Jersey, President-Elect Wilson’s home, a United States senator will also be elected. Montana also elects a United States senator, and as the result there Is In doubt Senator Dixon may lose his seat. Conservative estimates would indicate that the next Uni senate will undoubtedly be Democratic. This will give Mr. “Wilson a working majority in both houses of congress. The greatest gains made by the Democrats were in the states east of the Mississippi. In the Wilson landslide his party picked up congressional seats in- Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. In the central west the Democrats may have also gained one or two seats in Ohio, one in Indiana, two in Illinois and one in Missouri, What has happened on the coast is hard to forecast from the incomplete returns at hand. These would indicate, however, that the Democrats may have invaded the so-called Roosevelt stronghold and taken a few congressmen. StrengtlTof Progressives. The Progressive strength of thirteen as indicated by the returns, does not really show the fighting power thSt they will have in the next Many of the so-called Republican congressmen in the northwest, on the coast and in the central west; openly espoused the cause of Mr. Roosevelt and will be found lined up with the Progressive forces.